Rockets players reportedly tried to confront a Mavericks player after the game for a disrespectful comment about a player's wife and family

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A physical game between the Dallas Mavericks and Houston Rockets carried over afterward when several Rockets players reportedly waited outside of the Mavericks locker room to confront center Salah Mejri.

At one point, Ariza was restrained by Rockets staff and security as he yelled toward the Mavericks bench. He received a second technical and was ejected.

According to ESPN's Calvin Watkins, after the game, Ariza walked to the Mavericks locker room and waited for Mejri. He was reportedly accompanied by two security guards while James Harden and Rockets guards Eric Gordon and Patrick Beverley joined him. According to Watkins, police monitored the situation, and Ariza eventually left without incident as Mavs players came out and tried to calm him down.

Harden was angry after the game, saying, "I don't know what they were on tonight. That other team was tripping tonight. They were disrespectful, were unprofessional players and coaches. I don't know what was their problem, but I think that got us going. They wanted to throw a little cheap shot and just woke us up a little bit, and it was over from there."

Luckily, the two teams' season series is already finished, so there likely won't be any carry-over into future games.